Adam Poultney

Love the -700 and this is quite a nice livery. Great build. Looks cool. Probably to give an impression of a more modern aircraft because it is a feature typically associated with the latest generation of airliners.

I will be watching this thread with keen interest. I have both this version of the kit and the USAF TG-16 rebox in the stash. Here's some of my photos of Dg1000s:

The easiest solution to the strut problem is just build the Do215 version instead! That's my plan if I add one to the stash.

It's been a while since I've built a kit that goes together this well. The wings are on, flaps and slats installed in the extended positions. The only issue with the flaps is figuring out exactly how I should pose the inboard sections. The upper and lower surfaces moved independently and the kit has you bend the parts rather than providing ones moulded to the correct angles. I don't know what the correct configuration would be.

It's a shame that this kit requires so much work to get right. Mine has quite a bit of filler in it. I'd have probably finished more than one of them if it didn't. Just a thought, don't paint the intakes white. The camo should extend into them quite far back.

The revell Victor is not a beginner's kit. It is old, crude and fits poorly. Your idea to buy a cheaper kit to learn with is good, but not all kits are made equal. Big kits don't always translate to more difficult builds. The Airfix Victor is a pretty easy kit to build in my opinion having built three of them. Perhaps it would be a little challenging for a fourth kit, but it's not something you need years of experience to put together. I guess the point is, don't be discouraged if you don't manage with the Revell Victors, the kit is not remotely representative of the quality of more modern kits. Don't be put down if you're not pleased with the results, just have fun, take your time and use these kits as an opportunity to develop important skills.

It seems like a bit of an oversight not to include both styles of wingtip and wheel well in both the F-2 and F-4 given the amount of crossover of details between variants.

Fuselage together. Some of the etch made it a little awkward to fit. The kit wasn't the clearest on precise placement to avoid parts trying to clash. Oh well, easily sorted. Also, don't forget the bit where the tailwheel will be fitted or you'll have to tear it back open... I assembled the wings. Wheel wells were painted in RLM 02. I'll be modelling all the flaps down.

Hopefully the HMS Bismark will be safe from Goering's spitfires!

The model is started! The cockpit is excellently detailed. I used some of the etch options and some of the plastic options. Despite the initial good impression of the kit, I have come to a disappointing realisation about this kit. Although it's a dual box, you can't always build two models from it. Some of the features typically associated with the Bf109F-4 are found on some of the F-2s fearured in this kit. At a first glance, this seems just like an interesting detail, perhaps a reason in favour of choosing a particular scheme. But when you come to start the second model, you will realise you cannot build it. You've used some of the necessary parts on your F-2. In particular, the parts that cause a problem are the wheel wells (and the matching lower wing halves), and the wingtip lights (and their matching upper wing halves). The F-2s typically have a square outboard edge of the wheel wells, while the F-4s are typically circular. However, Bf109F-2 schemes C, D and G use the F-4's circular wheel wells. Sprue L (F-4 sprue) provides two sets of lower wings and wheel wells, one with each style. Sprue K (F-2 sprue) only has the square style. There is no combination of F-2 scheme and F-4 scheme in this kit that would require two sets of square wheel wells, so you will never need the spare wings for this kit. So, if you build schemes C, D or G, you cannot then build an F-4. The other issue comes when you try to build F-2 scheme F, which I wanted to build. You use the upper wings from sprue L with the set of tip lights with a glass fairing over them. Every F-4 scheme also needs these parts, so you cannot build scheme F and an F-4. You could try to build two F-2s. There are etch parts included to add the four reinforcing strips to the tail of the F-4 fuselage which lacks them (some F-4s did still have them). I don't see any other obvious differences between the F-4 fuselage and F-2 fuselage, so it might be possible to build scheme F and any other F-2. However, the kit is advertised as a F-2 and F-4 dual combo, so this is very disappointing to say the least. Bad form Eduard, I expect better. My plan now is to change to scheme E, which is one of the safe F-2 schemes and one which I was considering anyway. I need to make one small change in the cockpit to do so, though I have sealed the fuselage halves since I took the picture from this update so that might be difficult. TLDR: If you build F-2 schemes C, D, F or G, you can't build a second model as an F-4.

Ground clearance...... no! Honestly, I'm sure it's worth salvaging these. To get a reasonable Victor from this kit imo they need resin corrected intakes at a minimum, but that does nothing to address the nose shape. The one without the strange modifications seems beyond that point. Personally i wouldn't use the display space for a matchbox Victor regardless.

Interesting... the kit looks very basic though

Looks like the Gustav part 2 has reached retailers. Definitely considering picking it up! Has there been any word on when we might see a Bf109K? I had a quick look through the thread but didn't see anything.

Pretty difficult to achieve the with the old matchbox Victor

I did have a little help from an eduard set for the canopy masking! I've long since decided for anything this complex the better results and cutting out the tedious task is well worth the few quid extra. That said, this particular masking set wasn't great. It wasn't quite cut all the way through in places which was a bit disappointing and led to a few corrections being needed.

In more than just tooling date. I built the old tool one in 2019/2020. My models have improved a lot since. I've got the much newer short run RS Models kit to have a go at as well as another old tool kit in the stash.

So many schemes to choose from! There are actually 14, not 10. The kit allows you to build one option from schemes A-G (F1 and F2) and one from schemes H-N (F4 and F4/Trop). For the F2 I'm torn between these two schemes: There seems to be a small instructions error regarding the F2 options. The profiles which show the thicker armored glass panel (part h2) on the front of the canopy don't match the ones which the instructions tell you to use it for. I'll have to do a bit more research into that. I've not decided which F4 scheme I want to do yet, though I am leaning more towards a trop in RLM79.

Thanks both. No reason smaller scales need to mean lower quality. This model is much bigger than many 1/72 models.

New gwh valiant? 1/144

Here's the RFI thread with more photos: My next project will be a pair of Eduard Bf109s. Unfortunately not a Zwilling so it won't be in this group build.

This is a kit I've been keen to get my hands on for a while. I had the chance to pick it up at the model show in Hinckley recently and I've been looking forward to starting on it since. In the box are two complete kits for a Bf109F-2 and a Bf109F-4. As expected with Eduard there are a myriad of option parts on large sprues to cover just about every minor variation you can think of. As this is a limited edition dual kit, it's got a fantastic instruction booklet with a wealth of information about the Bf109F and the options in the kit. A total of 10 schemes are included, offering a nice variety of choices. I'm sure I'll end up using plenty of the spares in the future. There's also a full set of canopy masks and etch for both models in the box. Though I'm not a big fan of etch, I'll be making good use of it since it's included.

This model has been a side project for a while, something to do a bit on when motivation on other kits lapses. A couple of weeks ago I finished it, so here it is. It's the 1/144 Roden Fw200 built from the second release which features Hitler's personal Fw200 "Immelman III" in its various schemes it wore throughout WW2. I chose the earliest available scheme from September 1939, just as the war was beginning, when it looked more like an airliner than a military aircraft. She's pretty big! Next to my Roden He111 in the same scale:

Excellent little kit. I've built three of them myself. Good result on your model, though it looks like you encountered similar decal troubles to me.

As long as it's not at the expense of one you're supposed to have!

I also had issues fitting the nose to mine when I built one a few years ago. It's otherwise a fantastic kit so it's strange that only that one area has major issues